Soils Sealed by Technic Hard Materials in Urban and Traffic Areas -- Soils constructed on Ski Slopes -- Soils on River Embankments -- Soils in Historical Urban Parks -- Soils on Coastal Berms for Reproducing the Coastal Forests Damaged by the Mega-tsunami -- Soils Filled in Swamplands behind Coastal Sand Dunes to Prevent Coastal Disaster -- Geotechnical Issues for Developing Coastal Waste-Landf…
Introduction -- Crystallography of the Kaolin Group Minerals -- Introduction to the Spectroscopic Methods -- The Kaolin Minerals -- Intercalated Kaolins -- Kaolin Nanocomposites -- Other Kaolin -- Modifications -- Adsorption On Kaolins.This book systematically provides an overview of the use of a wide range of spectroscopic methods (Mid- and Near-Infrared, Infrared Emission, Raman, Solid-State …
Introduction -- Soil-forming Environment (Climate, Geology, Geomorphology) -- Characterization of Soils (Physical and Chemical Properties) -- Soil Research History -- Geographic Distribution of Soils in Georgia -- Soil Cover Description -- Soil Zoning -- Soil Classification -- Land use -- Soil Ecology -- Anthropogenic Soil Degradation, Contamination and Erosion -- Soil Maps.This book provides a…
Preface-. PART 1. Holistic Financial Planning -- Generating Lasting Wealth -- PART 2. Holistic Planned Grazing -- Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time, with the Right Behavior -- PART 3. Holistic Ecological Monitoring -- .Keeping Management Proactive -- PART 4. Holistic Land Planning- Designing the Ideal Layout of Facilities for a Grazing Operation -- Appendix 1. The Context Che…
Iceland - a Worthwhile and Popular Island to Visit -- Iceland - an Island in the North Atlantic -- Geographical Subspaces of Iceland -- Geology of Iceland -- The Economy of Iceland -- Excursion Proposals.The book thoroughly describes Iceland’s geological development and its current geological processes, taking into account both geographic and geo-ecological aspects. Furthermore, it includes s…
Dedication -- Thanks -- Preface -- 1 Definitions and Setting -- 2 Magnitude and Sourcing -- 3 Slope Gradients -- 4 Fan Morphometry -- 5 Drainage -- 6 Flows -- 7 Aggradation -- 8 Fan Entrenchment -- 9 Textural and Facies Characteristics -- 10 Pedogenic Processes -- 11 The Tectonic Control -- 12 The Climatic Control -- 13 the Base Level Effect -- 14 Groundwater -- 15 Morphology of the Fan Surface…
Chapter1: Introduction and Context: The State of the World -- Chapter2: The Collective Leadership Compass: A Practice Model for Navigating Complex Change -- Chapter3: Global Transformation as a Collective Leadership Challenge -- Chapter4: A Living Systems Perspective for Stewarding Sustainability Transformations -- Chapter5: The Patterns of Aliveness Theory -- Chapter6: Stewarding Sustainabilit…
On the Quantification of Habitability: Current Approaches -- The Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling: the Universe as a Case Study.-Enlarging simple ecological models: subspecies, hidden symmetries and their implications -- Multi-agent question-answering system -- Seeding programming -- Schwarzschild Metric Disturbed by the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe -- Potential changes on anammo…
Energy Footprints of Food Products -- Energy and Carbon Footprint of Food Industry -- Energy Footprints of Textile Products.This book addresses energy footprints in the food and textile sectors. Each footprint case study presents essential background information and discusses the scientific consensus, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tools and techniques, applications…
Introduction -- Part 1: Territorial Cohesion and the Urban Dimension -- Debating the Urban Dimension of Territorial Cohesion -- Territorial Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: A New Approach on Spatial Injustice -- Territorial Cohesion: the Economy and Welfare of Cities -- Part 2: Territorial Cohesion and Urban Balanced Systems -- Polycentric Urban Systems and Territorial Cohesion -- Cross-borde…